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Wandsworth 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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4 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: TABLE I.

TABLE I.

Sub.District.Census Population 1921Population estimated to middle of 1926
Clapham60,54063,025
Putney28,55831,546
Balham50,88854,257
Streatham52,60757,630
Tooting40,13540,435
Wandsworth95,579101,141
Whole Borough328,307348,034

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Births.
The total number of births occurring in the Borough was
4,078, including 382 non.residents who were born in Institutions.
1,219 births of Borough residents occurred outside the Borough,
so that the corrected number of births was 4,915, compared with
4,881 in 1925.

Table: In Table II. is shown the number of births, males and females, the birth.rate, and the rate of natural increase, for each sub. district, and for the whole Borough.TABLE II.

In Table II. is shown the number of births, males and females, the birth.rate, and the rate of natural increase, for each sub. district, and for the whole Borough.

TABLE II.

Sub.District.No. of Births.Rates.
Males.Females.Total.Birth.rate.Rate of natural increase.
Clapham43843987713.913.59
Putney19922041913.242.11
Balham40342783015.294.40
Streatham41436477813.492.44
Tooting32527860314.915.79
Wandsworth740668140813.923.88
Whole Borough25192396491514.123.75